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vengeance by the sacred character of the spot 
on which it was wrought—the Peace-stead. 
Thus fell Baldur the Good (say the sagas 
of the Norsemen), by the bough of uncharmed 
mistletoe. 
We leave it to antiquarians to divine 
whether this evil which it had wrought may 
have been one of the causes why the Druids 
(who did not worship the Saxons’ gods) 
deemed the white berry of the mistletoe a 
consecrated and blessed thing. 
We all know, at least, that it was held in 
high honour by them; and that up to the 
present day the mistletoe bestows the pre- 
rogative, or commands the forfeit, of a kiss” 
from those who stand beneath it at Christ- 
mas or Yule-tide. 
So linger round our hearths the traditions 
of our forefathers. 
The Daisy, the first flower of spring, was 
considered in-old times as the emblem of 
fidelity, as itis now ofinnocence. We hesitate 
as to which is the more appropriate significa- 
tion. Itis as faithful to the day-god as the 



